Day One

Hey Kids!

It's your old pal Fred Garvin. For those of you who I have been lucky enough to call my friends all these years, you'll know and accommodate all the conflicting personalities in here (my head) and just roll with it. For those of you who don't know me, I have been known to also go by several other nicknames throughout time: Myron Rubin, Rubin Vachaccio, Al Dente, Brer Anton, Monk #3. Those are only the non-offensive ones. The list goes on and on.

Anyway, the thing is that all of my various personalities love music - they each express their appreciation in different ways perhaps, but truly love music. The reason for this blog is for all like minded people to jump on board and discuss music with an open ear and open mind. Share stuff you may know that I don't, and vice versa.

Now I am no music critic, certainly. I am also no English major (duh!). I just love music; listening and talking intelligently about it with other people who have opinions that they can articulate better than: "Dude, that freaking sucks!" or "Dude, that is freaking good!" or "Dude, what do I care? I wasn't even born when that freaking stuff came out!"

Since my favorite record store (arcane term - tough! Deal with it!) Recycle Seedeez went out of business years ago, I have been going through a sort of withdrawal. I used to have great conversations about music - current & past - with the 3 main employees there: John, Ryan & Bill. I miss having people try to turn me on to so something new they have heard. I miss hearing what people really like and why!

That is what we are shooting for here, just a place to converse about music. My guess is there be a decided lean toward classic rock and pop, but I have been know to appreciate good jazz & country. I hope you enjoy the musings of my friends and I. I always have.

Fred Garvin